Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

Ballots are burned in the process, but the smoke seen by the world is created using another stove, the Vatican Information ...

Choosing a new pope is a very secretive thing but some details of the process are known, and coloured smoke is used to ...

When the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel spouts white smoke, it means that the Catholic Church officially has a new pope.

The cardinals who enter the Sistine Chapel May 7 to elect a new pope use smoke signals to communicate with the outside world.

The 16th century church, built over the traditional tomb of the apostle ... Neither of the top two candidates casts a ballot ...

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Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

New popes are chosen through an event called the conclave, which brings together top Catholic leaders from around the world. On Monday, the Vatican announced that the conclave to choose Pope Francis’ ...

The best time to be in St. Peter's Square to see the smoke is just after 7 p.m. the first day of the conclave, May 7; and on ...